CinemaThe Magic of SpielbergHow Spielberg's use of craft, storytelling, and nostalgia created a unique kind of magic in the director's early movies. “Those who dream...
Cinema"If Beale Street Could Talk"The Personal vs the Political The first time Christopher Hitchens heard the slogan “The Personal Is Political” he knew – as he tells us...
CinemaWhat "The Fountain" MeansHow to find meaning in the meaningless I was nine years old when my life was folded up into a few suitcases and bags, and my family and I...
Cinema"Jaws": Three Ways to Watch One MovieReaders very often find themselves haunted by endings, moved to sadness because the story is over, and saturated with the heaviness of...
Cinema"Schindler's List" and Self-ControlWhat Spielberg’s classic can teach us about power, over ourselves and others, and self-control There is a story in the Hebrew Scriptures...
CinemaHow "The Shape of Water" Interrogates NostalgiaOn Guillermo del Toro’s “beautiful ugly fairytale” and how it reveals the dark side of the Golden Age I make it a habit to follow the...
